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Lesser-known serial killers from around the world

Amelia Elizabeth Dyer achieved notoriety as probably the most prolific baby-farm murderer of Victorian England. She is responsible for 100 deaths, but is also suspected in a total of 247 cases.

Dyer was apparently keen to make money from baby-farming, but rather than take in expectant women, she would advertise to adopt or nurse a baby, in return for a substantial one-time payment and adequate clothing for the child. Soon after taking in a child, she murdered them or allowed them to starve.

When you think of the atrocities of serial killers, several high profile names may come to mind. But there have been other killers throughout history who may have even been much worse.

Forty years ago, one of the greatest boxing matches in history took place in an unlikely setting: the capital of the Philippines. Muhammad Ali's epic win over great rival Joe Frazier in 1975 became known as the "Thrilla in Manila."

Hillary Clinton's office said "nothing nefarious was at play" when the former secretary of state used her personal email address, rather than one provided by the State Department, during her four years as America's top diplomat.